Romanian Labor Minister Sulfina Barbu met with her Bulgarian counterpart Totyu Mladenov to discuss social dialog in small and medium enterprises, the child protection system, Roma integration, illicit labor and preparations for the 2014-2020 EU fiscal plan.
The two ministers also talked about the need to make the labor market more flexible in the states still barring Romanians and Bulgarians from working. Barbu stressed that more pressure should be made in Brussels to uphold the right of free movement. Mladenov said he would travel to Brussels later this month and present this argument to European Commissioner for Employment Laszlo Andro.
The ministers sought solutions for the Roma minorities in the two states, deciding to concentrate resources to removing these communities from at-risk areas.
Barbu and Mladenov also discussed strategies to create organizations of small and medium enterprises along industries, as well as establish partnerships with regard to social dialog between employers and employees.